Cook County Opinion
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Barrington's ALS drive a big successJul 04, 2016 5:00 am - On behalf of the Les Turner ALS Foundation, I want to thank our volunteers and the generous people of Barrington who helped make the recent Tag Days donation drive a hug...
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Big thank you from U.S. troops overseasJul 04, 2016 5:00 am - An open letter sent to Help U.S.A. Troops, which collects items for active duty military members and ships them overseas. First I would like to thank you all for the ite...
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These men make Palatine even betterJul 04, 2016 5:00 am - As a Palatine resident since 1971, I am enjoying your 2016 series of vignettes about Palatine history. But, do you know what, there are a couple of here-and-now stories ...
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Cemetery had all the flags flyingJul 04, 2016 5:00 am - I drove into Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights over Memorial Day weekend. The view was breathtaking! There was an American flag on every veteran's grave in th...
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Objects to village's small veterans saluteJul 04, 2016 5:00 am - Is Elk Grove Village a joke? Did anyone else see the sad excuse of a Memorial Day wreath that was on display in front of the memorial fountain? It looked like just a rou...
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Don't force us to support CPSJul 04, 2016 1:00 am - The failure of the Illinois legislature to pass a balanced budget is most impacted by the contentious issue of school funding. speaker of the House Mike Madigan and his ...
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Plenty of blame to go aroundJul 04, 2016 1:00 am - I implore our political leaders in Springfield, Gov. Rauner (R), Speaker Madigan (D), Senate President Cullerton (D), House Republican Leader Durkin (R), and Senate Repu...
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Repent or resignJul 04, 2016 1:00 am - If our legislators were working for a company, they would have been fired for incompetence. Incarcerated for malfeasance. Their indifference seen as an evil insubordinat...
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Use list to oust non-working leadersJul 04, 2016 1:00 am - People of Illinois, the Daily Herald gave the people the biggest gift one could receive, a list of our non-working state leaders, senators, representatives. The Herald g...
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Politicians not hurtingJul 04, 2016 1:00 am - These elected representatives should not get paid or get benefits as they are not doing their jobs. In the private sector, they would be terminated. My nephew is a small...